National Agricultural Library WIC Learning Center: Food Packages Page
November 15, 2011 in Tools
This site provides numerous educational and publicity resources for staff involved in implementing the WIC package changes.
Produce/Food Handling Tips
Our Favorite Recipes
November 14, 2011 in Tools
Cleveland Corner Store Project, 2009. This 62-page booklet / cookbook features nutritional, food safety, and cooking information, as well as dozens of healthy recipes.
Healthy Corner Store Resource Guide
November 14, 2011 in Tools
Live Well West Denver. Promotional guide for store owners committed to increasing healthy options in Denver. Includes food safety tips, guide to shelf life, local purchasing options and list of vendors, and display and sales tips.
- Food safety and handling on page 4
- Increasing sales of produce on page 4-5
- Tips for managing and displaying produce and shelf life guide on page 5-10
Healthy Foods Here Produce Manual
November 11, 2011 in Resources
Healthy Foods Here Produce Manual
Healthy Foods Here/Chuck Genuardi, December 2010
Directed toward owners of small grocery and convenience stores, this guide gives a wealth of advice about how to order, handle, display, and store produce. It provides basic care information on nearly 50 types of popular fruits and vegetables in easy-to-understand language and includes pictures of each fruit or vegetable. It’s an excellent resource for healthy corner store projects.
St. Louis Healthy Corner Store Resource Guide
January 1, 2011 in Tools
2011, Linda S. Rellergert and Mary E. Wissmann. This resource guide, created by the St. Louis Healthy Corner Store Initiative includes many useful program materials including:
• memorandum of understanding
• description of the benefits to storeowners of becoming healthy corner stores
• tips for marketing healthier foods
• tips on purchasing, safely storing, and displaying fresh foods
• community food assessment survey
• youth food assessment survey
Healthy Foods Here Produce Manual
December 1, 2010 in Tools
Healthy Foods Here/Chuck Genuardi, December 2010. Directed toward owners of small grocery and convenience stores, this guide gives a wealth of advice about how to order, handle, display, and store produce. It provides basic care information on nearly 50 types of popular fruits and vegetables in easy-to-understand language and includes pictures of each fruit or vegetable. It’s an excellent resource for healthy corner store projects.
A Toolkit for Community Organizers and Storeowners
January 1, 2009 in Tools
Delridge Healthy Corner Store Project, 2009. This extensive toolkit was created as a collaboration between a Seattle community group, a neighborhood development organization and students at the University of Washington. They developed the kit after identifying best practices from other projects around the country. It contains three parts: 1) A manual for community organizers who are coordinating a healthy corner store project; 2) A toolkit for storeowners who are taking steps to stock, market and sell healthy foods, particularly fresh produce; 3) An appendix with templates of materials community organizations can use as they develop and evaluate their project.
- Information for community organizers on produce selection, display, and handling on pages 22-24
- Information for store owners about healthy food selection, display, marketing and handling on pages 34-49
- Template letter inviting store owners to participate on page 59
- Template application for interested stores on pages 65-68
- Template congratulations letter to store owners who have been accepted to participate on page 69
- Memo of agreement between participating store owner and Seattle nonprofit on pages 73-75
- Intake form for participating corner stores, including a store inventory and store interview on pages 75-86
- Template project plan for healthy corner stores on pages 87-93
- Evaluation form to assess store progress on pages 95-104
- Customer survey asking what they buy on pages 105-106
- Information for project organizers about on-site marketing and social marketing strategies such as product placement and displays on pages A10-A15 Information targeted to store owners about marketing strategies on B8-B13
Tips for Good Produce Handling in Your Store
January 1, 2009 in Tools
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2009. This guide gives valuable practical tips on produce handling for store owners and concisely addresses the following issues: rotation, stacking, conditions, signage, storage temperature and shelf life, ethylene sensitive produce and icing. Includes photos of recommended displays.